Hi
The upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy is collecting some unpleasant
problems. They tie large portions of the package space together and make
independant upgrades impossible.
Packages using dh_python2
-------------------------
This packages depend on python (>> squeeze). One example is:
| python2.7, python (>= 2.6.6-7~)
The example package only really needs the versioned package. But because
it uses dh_python2, it pulls in the complete upgrade from 2.6 to 2.7 at
the same time. I thought about just ripping the whole python magic out
completely, but this can't be the solution.
Perl
----
Perl got a new upstream version. Packages using libperl* where rebuilt.
However libperl* is no real library package, because they are no
coinstallable. This ties all the perl using packages together.
ABI change in libsasl2-2
------------------------
libsasl2-2 seems to have an unannounced ABI change. It collected Breaks
relations to two packages in the meantime and bumped the shlibs version.
This now ties libsasl2-2 tight to several other packages.
Fazit
-----
I had a lot different stuff written here, but it is just sad, so I
deleted it.
Bastian
--
Spock: We suffered 23 casualties in that attack, Captain.